Helle Panke spoke with David Graeber about the difference between so-called systemically relevant jobs and bullshit jobs, about the differences between the financial crisis and the current Covid crisis and what is to be done for the left, now.
Economics
Bungacast – Albena Azmanova: Capitalism on EdgeBungacast
Bulgarian critical theorist Albena Azmanova joins us to discuss her widely-discussed 2020 book, Capitalism on Edge. We talk critical theory, the paradox of emancipation, her criticisms of Thomas Piketty and why we should be thinking […]
Climate Crisis
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – “Mark and Carrie”
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. Today’s topics include the California […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – The Debt Myth
How widespread is the idea that one person’s debt is another person’s credit and therefore has no impact on the economy. What are the implications of this thinking and what changes when the realisation that […]
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